Restrictive

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to restriction.
  • adjective. Tending or serving to restrict; limiting.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a subordinate clause or phrase that identifies the noun, phrase, or clause it modifies and limits or restricts its meaning, as the clause who live in glass houses in People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Serving to bind or draw together; astringent; styptic.
  • Having the property of limiting or of expressing limitation: as, a restrictive particle or clause.
  • Imposing restrictions; operating through restrictions.
  • Expressing a restriction, or involving a restriction, in the logical sense.
  • Also restringent.
  • noun. A styptic or astringent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting
  • adjective. Astringent or styptic in effect.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
  • adjective. serving to restrict
  • Word Usage
    "The memorandum presented to Manuel said the government's strict aderence to what it described as restrictive fiscal policy was crippling the reconstruction and development programme, and weakening transformation goals."
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